A loaded train approaches the Bonanza power plant.

Desert Electrics. A trio of Deseret Power Railway E60C electric locomotives - DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 - are seen hauling a coal train through the high desert of northwest Colorado, abou... (more)

Colorful Colorado. Against the backdrop of the colorful landscape of northwestern Colorado, Deseret Power Railway locomotives DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 are seen leading the afternoon load... (more)

Morning Loads. The morning sunlight is shining bright on Deseret Power Railway locomotives DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 as they haul the morning loaded train towards an unnamed road in Rio B... (more)

Elephant Style E60s. Deseret Power Railway E60C locomotives DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 lead the morning empty train across Blue Mountain Road as they return to the Deserado Mine loadout.

Bonanza Power Plant. Deseret Power Railway (DPR) E60C electric locomotives DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 are seen leading the morning empty train away from the Bonanza Power Plant, headed bac... (more)

Deserado Mine Loadout. Deseret Power Railway (DPR) E60C electric locomotives DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 are seen with their train at the Deserado Mine loadout, where approximately 45 hoppe... (more)

Crossing Coyote Basin
Deseret Power Railway’s afternoon coal train from Deserado Mine near Rangley, Colorado, to the power plant in Bonanza, Utah, crosses remote and stark Coyote Basin... (more)

Back to the loader on a Wednesday eve
It’s 7:11 p.m. on June 21, 2023, as the Deseret Power Railway coal empty returning from the Bonanza power plant in Utah approaches milepost 17 an... (more)

Deseret Power Railway’s afternoon coal train to the powerplant in Bonanza, Utah, crosses remote and barren Coyote Basin as it approaches milepost 26 east of Bonanza on the afternoon of June 21, ... (more)

Deseret Power Railway’s afternoon coal train is climbing out of Coyote Basin between milepost 26 and 27 east of Bonanza, Utah, on a beautiful June 21, 2023.

Deseret Power Railway’s unit coal empties slithers through the curves rolling through Coyote Basin at milepost 24 east of Bonanza, Utah, on October 20, 2015.

It’s 7:11 p.m. on June 21, 2023, as the Deseret Power Railway coal empty returning from the Bonanza power plant in Utah approaches milepost 17 and Midway, Colorado.

DPR-1 begins the ascent up Holum Pass with coal loads for Bonanza at sunset

It’s late afternoon as an eastbound Deseret Power Railway empty unit coal train makes its way back to the mine for loading, east of Midway, Colorado, on June 24, 2021.